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J. A. KERNODLE.

TOBACCO CURING FLUE. No. 365,008. Patented June 14, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES ALFRED KERNODLE, OF GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO JOI-IN \V. GERINGER, OF SAME PLACE.

TOBACCO-CURING FLUE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,008, dated June 14,1887.

Application filed May it, 1886.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES ALFRED KER- NODLE,ofGreensborongh,in thecounty of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Curing Flues; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform apart of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of tobacco-curingapparatus in which a heat-radiating stove or furnace havingheatdistributing pipes is provided for the equal distribution of heat toall parts of the tobaccocuring house or barn; and my improvementsconsist, essentially, of a furnace provided with aseries of pipesconnecting with a central horizontal drum and smoke-exit pipes, andcoldair pipes communicating with a central vertical drum arrangeddirect] y above the said horizontal drum and communicating therewith,whereby pure cold air is conducted into the curing-house, properlyheated, and distributed to all. parts of the same, as will behereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improvedapparatus, and Fig. 2 a top plan View thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a suitable stove or furnace,having the one ends of the pipes B B projecting into the rear of thesame directly above the fire-box, while the opposite ends of said pipesproject into the central horizontal drum, 0, as shown. A pipe, Bprojects outwardly from the rear of the said drum 0 and connects withthe cross-pipe D, from each end of which a pipe, D, projects to theouter part of the curing-house or into a suitable flue to carry off theproducts of combustion. Located directly above and resting upon thehorizontal drum 0, and connected to the same by a short pipe, O, is acentral Serial No. 202,175.' (No model.)

vertical drum, E, having two cold-air pipes, F F, projecting into thelower part of the same, as shown in Fig. 1. At the upper portion of thevertical drum E is provided a series of radiallyarranged pipes G, theinner ends of which project into the upper part of the said dru m,w hiletheir outer ends are closed, preferably. These pipes G are provided witha series of perforations, a, upon their tops and sides, as shown.

'Iheconstruction of my invention being substantially as abovedescribed,itwill be observed that in the operation of the same thefurnace is fed with suitable fuel-wood, preferably, being used-the heatand smoke from which pass through the pipes B B into the horizontal drum0, the heat rising in the same, while the smoke and products ofcombustion pass out through the pipes 13 D, and D into a suitable flueor the outer atmosphere. Cold air is thus drawn into thevcrtical drum Ethrough the cold-air pipes F F, and is thoroughly heated therein by theaction of the heat rising from the lower drum, 0, and is thendistributed through the perforations in the radially-arranged pipes G toall parts of the tobacco-curing barn orhouse. It will thus be seen thatpure heated air only is distributed within the curing house or barn, thesmoke and products of combustion passing off through a suitable exit tothe open air.

Having thus described my in vcntion, I claim as new and useful- In atobacco-curing apparatus, the furnace A,having rear projectinghorizontal pipes, B and B, connecting with a horizontal drum, 0, thevertical drum E, provided with four radial perforated arms, G, andcentrally connected with drum G by short pipe 0, in combination with thepipes F F and D D, all arranged and operated substantially as shown-anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence oftwo witnesses.

JAM ES ALFRED KERYODLE.

Witnesses:

J. N. NELsoN, WILL. U S EINER.

